Cedric, Alabama

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Cedric, Alabama
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Coordinates: 33°06′25″N85°17′12″W / 33.10694°N 85.28667°W / 33.10694; -85.28667
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County Chambers
Elevation
234 m (768 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID164181 [1]

Cedric is a ghost town in northeastern Chambers County, Alabama. Today it is entirely in private ownership. It is located 3–4 miles to the southeast of present-day Roanoke, and about 1 mile southwest of Bacon Level Church. Joseph Rushton (and his wife Martha Lorance) an early Alabama potter, lived near Cedric. [2]

Pottery industry

While nearby Bacon Level had several well known potters, Cedric's Joseph Rushton was part of their community as well. [3]

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References

  1. "Cedric". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Joey Brackner (2006). Alabama Folk Pottery. University of Alabama Press. ISBN   978-0-8173-1509-2.
  3. Randolph County Pottery